The Starter Marriage

Tess thought matrimony was for life, but her husband has decided that their marriage is the relationship equivalent of a starter home: cramped, claustrophobic and something he's definitely outgrown.Now, at 35, Tess is in the biggest mess of her life. Known to all her friends as 'Tip Top Tess' because of her dogged pursuit of the perfect home, the perfect marriage and the perfect career, she's now a candidate for How Clean Is Your House? And it's all because Barney has walked out.But there's a life raft on the horizon: The Divorce Survival Class. It may be uncomfortable, overcrowded and nearly sinking under the weight of excess baggage, but it's a boot-camp for the broken-hearted. Over eight weeks, Tess and her battle-weary classmates will lay bare the darkest secrets of their failed marriages – from the thrills of a threesome to the monotony of monogamy. And course leader William, an alchemist for the unloved and rejected, will turn their lives around in truly spectacular style ...

'A bittersweet and often funny read, with believable characters – you won't want to put it down.' -- The Sunday Post
'A slick, bittersweet comedy.' -- Mail on Sunday
'Fresh, feisty and fun.' -- Company

Kate was born in Wigan, and lived in more than a dozen places when she was growing up, including England, Scotland, and the Netherlands. She trained as a print journalist and then worked for the BBC as a reporter and Education Correspondent, before switching to behind the scenes producing on programmes including Newsround and Panorama. Her final 'proper' job involved coming up with TV programme ideas for the BBC whilst sitting on beanbags. She is a dab hand at writing on white boards. Jilly Bond is a British stage and screen actress. She has performed in theatres all over the British Isles and Germany, in plays by William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Neil Simon and numerous other writers. Bond has worked extensively on radio (including the role of Bridget in The Archers) and has recorded hundreds of unabridged audiobooks (some award-winning). She has also appeared in TV series such as Doctors, Judge John Deed, Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, Comedy Nation and Channel 4's cult hit As If.

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